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🌟 Join the Designs Early Career Editorial Board! Designs (ISSN: 2411-9660) is looking for 50 motivated early career researchers to join our Early Career Editorial Board (ECEB) 📅 Apply by 30 April 2026 💡 Learn more and apply today: mdpi.com/about/announce… #EditorialBoard

🤖 New in Designs! A compact humanoid robot (LARMbot V.3) with a parallel-leg biped design shows stable, repeatable walking performance in experiments. Great potential for robotics research & education 👇 mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/2… #Robotics #Humanoid #Engineering #Bipedal

✈️ New research in Designs! A novel method (E2P2S) tackles load allocation in aircraft electrical systems—achieving 17% cable weight reduction in an F-16 case study. Read More: mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/2… #Aviation #Engineering #Optimization #MoreElectricAircraft

📢 Join the International Online Conference on Inventions—Energy Security and Sustainable Development 2026! 📅 25–26 June 2026 | 💻 Online 🔗 sciforum.net/event/IOCIV2026 #EnergyTransition #SustainableEnergy #DesignsJournal #ResearchConference

📢 Join the International 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2026! 📅 9–10 July 2026 📍 Dublin, Ireland 🔗 4dprintings.com/events/4dmda20… #4DPrinting #AdditiveManufacturing #SmartMaterials #DesignsJournal

🏆 MDPI 2025 Best Paper Awards announced! 396 outstanding papers recognized. Congratulations to all award-winning authors! 🎉 🔗 Explore the winners: mdpi.com/journal/design… #DesignsJournal #BestPaperAwards #ResearchExcellence #OpenScience

🏆 Congratulations to Alessia Romani (Western University) — winner of the Designs 2026 Travel Award! 🇬🇧 👉mdpi.com/journal/design… #DesignsJournal #TravelAward #EngineeringDesign #ResearchRecognition

🏗️ [GO BUILD 2026] Exciting Announcement! 🏗️ 🌍 We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Rongrong Yu as a Session Chair at the 1st International Online Conference on Sustainable Construction (GO BUILD 2026)! 📅 Event Dates: 18–20 November 2026 🔗 Official Website: sciforum.net/event/GOBUILD2…

🎉 Excited to welcome Dr. Marco Civera to Designs editorial board! From Politecnico di Torino, Italy, his expertise includes: 🔹 Damage detection 🔹 Structural health monitoring 🔹 Mechanical testing 🔹 Structural dynamics #DesignsJournal #StructuralEngineering

🏗️ [GO BUILD 2026] Exciting Announcement! 🏗️ 🌍We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Dr. Sara Wilkinson as a Session Chair at the International Online Conference on Sustainable Construction (GO BUILD 2026) #GOBUILD2026 #SustainableConstruction #GreenBuilding #BuiltEnvironment #MDPI

Designs Travel Award—Winner Announced The award has been granted to the following scholar: Dr. @RomaniAlessia , post-doctoral fellow, Western University, Canada. On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we want to congratulate on her accomplishments mdpi.com/news/15541

We are thrilled to sponsor the 4DMDA 2026, with our Section EiC Dr. Mahdi Bodaghi serving as Co-Chair 📅 July 9-10, 2026 📍 Dublin City University, Ireland Stay tuned and join us! #4DMDA2026 #MaterialsDesign #AdditiveManufacturing #Innovation mdpi.com/journal/design…

Designs is now recruiting Editorial Board Members. Submit your application at designs@mdpi.com #MechanicalEngineering #ElectricalEngineering #CivilEngineering #Bioengineering #SmartManufacturing #VehicleEngineering #EnergySystem

Exciting news! Dr. Antreas Kantaros joins the editorial board of Designs! 🌟 A specialist in 3D imaging, additive manufacturing, and sustainable design. Welcome aboard, Dr. Kantaros! #3DPrinting #Design #Innovation

⚡ Highly Accessed Article! Design & Verification of Non-Intrusive Current Transformer with PCB Coils Accurate, non-intrusive current measurement for smart grids with high sensitivity & low error. 🔌 📊 mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/1… #CurrentTransformer #ElectricalEngineering

✈️ Highly Accessed Article! Conceptual Retrofit of a Hydrogen–Electric VTOL Rotorcraft: The Hawk Demonstrator 👉mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/1… #VTOL #Hydrogen #SustainableAviation #Innovation

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New research highlights how cutting parameters affect surface quality when turning X5CrNi18-10 stainless steel — and shows that feed rate plays a bigger role than cutting speed or depth of cut in surface integrity! mdpi.com/2411-9660/9/3/… 🔩📊 #manufacturing #machining #DOE

New in Designs (2025): "Advances in ASR Testing: A Critical Review" This review proposes a practical framework for ASR testing to support durable, sustainable concrete mix design. #ASR #Concrete #Sustainability #MaterialScience #DesignsJournal